When did you first discover C.O.P.O. cars

[firstgenaddict]

Mid 80's a story or two of a Yenko in a barn... then the late 80's SUPER CHEVY with many many ZL-1's and 9561's

[Keith Tedford]

I found out about the COPO car availability in early calander year 1969. A friend worked in the Oshawa main office, and he told us about these cars. His brother went to Beare Motors and they had no clue as to what he was talking about. Given the COPO code, they checked with GM and, Yes, you could order one. John ordered his right away but didn't get it until about July. The dealer got one in from another dealer and Ken got his later in July. Mine was dealer ordered and I bought off of Beare Motors' lot in the middle of August. Several dealers like Belmont, and Central Chev in London knew about these cars as well. How they got the information is anyone's guess. Perhaps GM informed the more performance oriented dealers. Nurse Chev-Olds in Whitby, Ontario sold a red COPO Camaro in '69 but was destroyed in an accident within about a year. I believe it was the UOP Shadow CanAm cars that used the Nurse shop on the CanAm weekends at Mosport.

[MXZ]

Very cool story Keith.I truely enjoy stories like this from the guys who lived it in the days when I was such a youngin'.

[nuch_ss396]

High school!

1976 - A friend told me about a neighbor who had a hugger
orange 1969 Yenko Camaro. He even told me about the SYC
decals on the headrests. I told him he was full of it....

Then I got the opportunity to see this car for myself.

I apologized to my friend and immediately became a COPO
fanatic.

Steve

[Bob Adamsky]

New guy here, first post. Not big on writing just enjoy the reading. But this post i had to respond to.

Back in Brunswick Ohio in the early 80s there was a car show every year at the high school that i would find someone or someway to get there (early teens)to check out all the 69 Chevelles.

There was a very dark blue 69 there that looked like a SS (hood and rims) but didnt have any emblems on it. Remember standing there while the owner was in a heated debate with someone else that he didnt take the emblems off the car, he bought the car this way and it was special order. Real or not, dont know, just know i was hooked.


Bob Adamsky

[COPO_Anders]

I´m not sure if I had read about COPO´s before I bought this Car Review in August 1985, but this magazine really got me hooked !
I first laid eyes on the COPO 9561 that I now own, two years later. Claes the owner, stopped behind my Chevy II at a meeting. He told me he had traded a hardtop like mine to get the 427 Camaro I was looking at. When I responded with the question: is it a real COPO Camaro ?, he just couldn´t believe what he just heard. Very few people knew about COPO´s here in Sweden in 1987.
May I say, it was love at first sight.

[68l30]

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New guy here, first post. Not big on writing just enjoy the reading. But this post i had to respond to.

Back in Brunswick Ohio in the early 80s there was a car show every year at the high school that i would find someone or someway to get there (early teens)to check out all the 69 Chevelles.

There was a very dark blue 69 there that looked like a SS (hood and rims) but didnt have any emblems on it. Remember standing there while the owner was in a heated debate with someone else that he didnt take the emblems off the car, he bought the car this way and it was special order. Real or not, dont know, just know i was hooked.


Bob Adamsky

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Wow....Brings back some memories..Sounds like the Grady B. COPO Chevelle...I used to go there every year..Ever hit Carney's or Ames plaza back then?

Steve

[olredalert]

------Yup,,,Ill bet that blue COPO was Gradys car. It still looks the same today.
------My first encounter with COPOs was at the Chevy dealer in Wellesley Ma. in about May of 1969. I was looking for a new Chevelle or Camaro and as I was standing beside the salesman a car-hauler pulled in thier lot with a full load of COPO Chevelles. I dont know how many were destined to stay at that dealer, maybe only one. To this day I cant understand why I didnt buy that one, but maybe it was an ordered car. I ended up with a garnet red 396/350 4-spd Camaro that I only kept for about 6 months. The lure of a 67 427/435 Vette got me to part with it.........Bill S